Evander Holyfield Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Holyfield vs. Tyson==== {{Main|Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II}} In 1996, Holyfield met former world champion [[Bobby Czyz]], beating him by a knockout in six. Afterwards, he and [[Mike Tyson]] met. Tyson had recovered the WBC and WBA Heavyweight Championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing [[Lennox Lewis]], defended the WBA title against Holyfield on November 9 of that year. Tyson was heavily favored to win, but Holyfield made history by [[Tyson-Holyfield I|defeating Tyson]] in an 11th round [[technical knockout|TKO]]. This was the third occasion on which Holyfield won the WBA Heavyweight title. However, the fight was not recognized as being for the [[lineal championship]], which was held by [[George Foreman]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/achamp.htm |title=The Lineal Heavyweight Boxing Champs |publisher=The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603092447/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/achamp.htm |archive-date=2009-06-03 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page